Three children, all thought to be younger than 7 years old, have died in a north Minneapolis house fire that may have started with an unattended oven, reports mprnews.org.
Firefighters were called to 2755 Penn Ave. N. just before midnight Saturday, and Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel said that the fire had already gotten so big that rescuers could even see the glow of the fire from up the street as they approached.
Firefighters rushed into the home to look for occupants: they found two children dead and rescued another, who died later at a nearby hospital. He said their mother was home, but was not hurt.
“The heart of Minneapolis aches this morning for the loss of these three children,” said Mayor Betsy Hodges, in a Sunday morning appearance at City Hall. “Our hearts and our thoughts and our prayers go out to the family.”
Fruetel said firefighters did everything they could to save the victims, three children of the woman who had reportedly just moved into the home there. He said there was a large amount of fire damage on the first floor. There were two children found on the first floor and another found upstairs.
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